I Am Here!

by admin on February 27, 2011 · 4 comments

I am here. Temporarily. Popping back over to Everyday Song to say hello and stalk some of my favorite virtual friends. Hello! (Look for a lurky comment on your blogs soon!)

Floundering with the non-theme that is Everyday Song, I’ve focused my energy on seeing the world and writing about it. Visit Road Trips for Families for adventures with kids, and Road Trips for Girlfriends for mental health with other women. If you love to travel and want to guest post – yea! Send an email to julie @ roadtripsforfamilies . com.

We’ve been geocaching and I’m trying to get a registered trademark with the United States Trademark and Patent Office. THIS is a confusing process. Do not try it alone! Learn more at Going On VaCachen (warning: lower your expectations for slick web layout).

Pursuing an interest in organic personal care and baby items, I’m proud to coordinate blog reviews for Motherlove Herbal Company and Dandelion, Earth-Friendly Goods. Just say the word if you ever want or need anything from either of these companies.

Who is going to Blog Her in San Diego in August? Three of us Wisconsin gals are forming a cheese curd posse and getting ready to hang loose, California style. Until then…

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Blog Her in Arrears: Where’s the Beef?

August 14, 2010

Last year I happened upon a link to Blog Her and emailed a friend to carpool. The conference was in Chicago and within driving distance from Minneapolis. Cheap in comparison to some high-tech conferences I’ve attended, I wasn’t on Twitter and my blog embodied the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” more than appealing to [...]

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Other People’s Kids

August 4, 2010

Sitting in the airport…finally…without kids, I feel compelled to write about them. On my way up the escalator between ticketing and security, a grandma chocked back tears while her grand kids waved back from behind the pants of their mom. Emotions rising in my own chest from this all-to-familiar scenario, I thought the kids were [...]

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Project X

July 29, 2010

Does anyone else but me feel like summer vacation is going too slow? I mean for a while there I was kind of freaking out about how tall the corn was getting, but would Corn Fest* get here already? I say this because Travis and I both work from home. Between vacation, his business trips, [...]

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The People in Your Neighborhood

July 7, 2010

If you’ve read some of my recent posts, you might have a feel for the microcosm we live in here in Sun Prairie. A town with growth problems, a clash of cultures, and firemen still rescuing cats from trees. Tell me, are these snippets from my week any different than other parts of the country: [...]

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The Purpose of Art

June 22, 2010

Another favorite by Nietzsche: And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh. Universe, if you are out there, in 10 years my passport hasn’t seen a single stamp. Sending it back [...]

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Self Control

June 7, 2010

Ask any mother about raising children and she’ll say it’s one of the most exhausting and equally rewarding jobs on earth. But, it’s a 24/7 kind of job and as much as you love your kids, sometimes absence makes the heart grow fonder. Take these three poster children for Ritalin. This particular image captured at [...]

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I Wrote an iPhone App and Survived

May 30, 2010

Julie Henning, author of the Milwaukee Loves Kids iPhone app shares her experience in developing and promoting her first iPhone application.

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Evolve Your Blog

May 25, 2010

Here’s my top-secret equation for life balance: .1(X) + .4(Y) + .5(Z) = Sleep Exhaustion Where, X = personal blogging, Y = new technology, and Z = 1/3 kids, 1/3 personal interest, and 1/3 entropy. While this blog is still held together with virtual duct tape, I have been adjusting the above equation for summer, [...]

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Stayin’ Alive

May 14, 2010

Babies don’t sleep through the night. Daycare is expensive. Everything you own will eventually be destroyed. You will drive a minivan and get excited for double-coupon day. If you told me all of these things 10 years ago, I would have foolishly chuckled as I and booked my next last-minute weekend jaunt to some urban [...]

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